The Daily Populous

Thursday January 18th, 2024 morning edition

image for Arnold Schwarzenegger held at Munich airport over luxury watch

Arnold Schwarzenegger was briefly held by customs officers at Munich airport on Wednesday after allegedly failing to declare a €26,000 (£22,000) Audemars Piguet watch the Terminator star was planning to sell at an auction in aid of his climate crisis charity.

Schwarzenegger was taken aside by officers who searched his luggage and found the watch, which the actor had allegedly not declared on his arrivals customs form.

A spokesperson for the main customs office in Munich said: “We have initiated criminal tax proceedings.

Schwarzenegger said he tried to tell officials that the watch was being donated to his Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative, and is due to be auctioned off at an event in the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel on Thursday night.

Customs officials are said to have accompanied Schwarzenegger to a bank to withdraw cash, before he was allowed to continue his journey.

The watch was made especially for Schwarzenegger by the luxury Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet.

Other lots at Thursday’s auction, which Schwarzenegger will host, include “a training session with Arnold Schwarzenegger himself”, as well as artworks, signed exhibits, and “experiences from the worlds of sports and film”. »

Two-year-old boy died of starvation curled up next to dead father

Authored by theguardian.com

A two-year-old boy was left alone to die of starvation curled up next to the body of his father, who had suffered a fatal heart attack, his family has revealed.

Bronson Battersby was found dead on 9 January, alongside his 60-year-old father, Kenneth, at their home in Skegness, Lincolnshire – 14 days after they were last seen.

The results of the postmortem examination found that Bronson died of dehydration and starvation, according to his mother. »

Bank: Michigan GOP defaulted on $500K loan, hasn’t made payment in months

Authored by bridgemi.com

"It's an illusion that (the debt) is a function of the Karamo administration,” her executive director, Jim Copas, told Bridge Michigan on Wednesday.

The Michigan GOP could pay off the debt "tomorrow if we chose to,” Copas said.

Attorneys for the MRP Trust, meanwhile, have also requested dismissal of the case, along with sanctions against Karamo and the Michigan Republican Party’s state committee. »

Kentucky Republican Pushes Bill to Make Sex With First Cousin Not Incest

Authored by newsweek.com

A Kentucky Republican has introduced legislation that would amend the state's law so a person who had sex with their first cousin would no longer be criminally liable for incest.

According to the Kentucky General Assembly website, it would strike "first cousin from the list of familial relationships" defined as unlawful incest in the state.

In November 2022, Wilson ran unopposed for the 82nd District of the Kentucky House after Republican incumbent Regina Huff retired. »

Larian boss says the studio’s games won’t come to subscription services

Authored by videogameschronicle.com

Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke has said the company won’t be putting any of its games on subscription services.

Commenting on X, the Baldur’s Gate 3 director said a world in which game subscription services became the dominant business model would be bad for developers and consumers alike.

Having previously suggested that Baldur’s Gate 3 would never come to Xbox Game Pass, Vincke went on to rule out bringing any of the company’s titles to subscription services. »